The blue fades to grey
Then changes to black
The watercolor sunset erases itself from the sky
As the darkness splashes against my chest
It is one thousand needles pushing into my heart

The stars forget to brighten
Then they forget they ever were
They used to be beacons in the black
And they are one thousand needles wrecking through my lungs

The whispering breath of life
Slowly escapes
No more to draw in
The pain of leaving
Is less than the pain of staying

The conquering darkness finally rises no more
As the end comes nearer
The darkness falls and the sun rises
It finally returns and I slip away
Into the forever sunlight
Out of the perpetual darkness

My heart is now a feather
My lungs full of air
The pain of tomorrow exists no more
And there are one thousand butterfly wings
To carry me home